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Irritation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (636 words) |
 | Irritation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage. |
| In more basic organisms, assigning irritation the status of pain is the perception of the being stimulated - which is not observable although it may be shared (see gate control theory of pain). |
| Irritation is apparently the only universal sense shared by even single-celled creatures. |
| Encyclopedia of Fruit and Vegetables (5468 words) |
| They are valuable as a blood cleanser but exercise a strong diuretic action, consequently they should be used in moderation, particularly by those having trouble with their kidneys. |
| For this reason it is a valuable food in pulmonary conditions, asthma, etc. Although occasionally somewhat irritating to the kidneys, garlic is nevertheless valuable for its diuretic action. |
| While cathartics and laxatives operate as a result of irritation of the lower intestines, spinach juice follows the natural course of nourishing the cells and tissues as well as nerves and muscles so that eventually normal elimination may be established. |
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